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Facebook to Safety
Rana Alexander
Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy ProjectSlide2
A quick opening note…
Will not cover everything
Security settings are constantly changing
This information could become out of date very quickly
Will get you thinking about
Facebook
Risks and benefits for youth and victims
Importance of safety planning around technologySlide3
A few facts about Facebook
Facebook has over 1.6 BILLION monthly active users
More than 70% of those who have Internet access have
Facebook
accounts
More than 50% of users log into Facebook on any given day
The average Facebook user has 130 friends.
More then 25% of
Facebook
users are under 10
59% of teens view social networks as unsafe
24% of Americans aren’t confident in their ability to use privacy settings
25% of
Facebook
users have their account set to publicSlide4
Facebook is VERY
useful
Connecting and chatting with friends and relatives
Making new friends
Sharing pictures, videos, etc.
Getting news and information
Finding help and resources
It’s FUNSlide5
A few facts about teen dating violence
1 in 4 dating teens is abused or harassed online or through texts by their partners
Victims of digital abuse and harassment are:
2 times as likely to be physically abused
2.5 times as likely to be psychologically abused
5 times as likely to be sexually coerced
8.7% of teens in relationships reported their partner used his/her social networking account without permission
5.1% of teens in relationships reported their partner wrote nasty things about him/her on his/her profile pageSlide6
Facebook can
also
pose a safety risk
T
rack activities,
friends, relationships, etc.
Find out current location
Use to harass
and/or threaten
Security
settings are constantly changingSlide7
Trust your client’s
instincts
If the
person you
are working with
suspects
her abuser knows too much
,
it’s possible
that
her abuser has access to her Facebook account.Slide8
Important safety concerns
When information is posted
anywhere
on the Internet
, whether or not it is "locked" to friends-only or certain users are blocked,
it is not 100% private
.
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Important safety concerns
Includes MySpace, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ or any other social networking site.
Some sites/applications request (seem to require) you link your account to your Facebook account.
Some websites and many online newspapers, require the use your Facebook account to comment.Slide10
A few questions to ask when safety planning
Do you use Facebook?
Is your Facebook account friends-only, or is it publicly accessible by anyone?
If your account is friends-only, is the abuser one of your friends? What about friends or family members of his?
Is your Facebook password something your abuser couldn't possibly guess?
Does your email end up in a shared email client?Slide11
Choosing a safer password
Virtually impossible for others to guess
Passwords should not be:
Her name
Nickname or initials
Her address or phone number
Names of children or pets
Birth dates
Anything else that would be easy for someone else to guess.
The best passwords are random number/letter combinations.
For example: jl56rmqm34.
Or use a
memorable phrase with spaces, numbers and punctuation
. Ex: “St0p spy1ng On m3!”Slide12
Choosing a safer password
If she changes her password, Facebook will send her an email confirming the password change.
May be a safety concern if email is being monitoring (although the new password will
not
be in that email).Slide13
Making a Facebook account
safer
Users can (
somewhat)
choose what they want to share
Status updates and pictures
friends-only
Birthday and contact information
PublicSlide14
Making a Facebook account safer
Choose your default privacy: friends vs. custom
Personal information
How you connect
How tags work
Creating posting filtersSlide15
Making a Facebook account safer
Apps, games and web sites: public search
Limit the audience for past posts
Blocked people and apps
Selecting what to share on the profile
Checking in to locations
Be careful about what you “like”Slide16Slide17
Options for limiting an abuser’s access
Un/De-friend
Block
Restricted list
Use other lists
Safety First!Slide18
Checking what others can see on a facebook
account
View your
Facebook
account as someone else
Allows you to see if any security features (such as blocking) workedSlide19
Other people’s Facebook accounts and tagging
If you post to someone else’s account
you don’t have much control over your own privacy
.
Tagging on posts and pictures.
Setting up account to notify when tagged.Slide20
Abuser leaves harassing/threatening messages
Report the message to
Facebook
Get your friends to report the post to
Facebook
Report the message to the police
Seek a protective order
Don’t forget to ask for relief that relates to the
Facebook
postingsSlide21
Abuser leaves harassing/threatening messages
Take screenshots of any harassing messages/posts. These
may
be able to be used later as evidence.
How to take Windows or Mac screenshots:
(a) Windows: Press Ctrl (control) +
PrtScn
(print screen) then paste into Paint, Word, or any photo/image editing software.
(
b
) Mac: Press Command+Shift+3. This will save a .
png
image file on the computer's desktop.Slide22
Do you have further questions
about
technology and survivors
?
Rana Alexander
at the
Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project
: (612) 343-9844 or e-mail at
rana@bwlap.org
.
Or call the
National Network on Domestic Violence’s Safety Net Team
at
(202) 543
-5566, ext 22.